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2010 Stories by Jonathan Curiel

• Real Lives Revealed Through Comics

  published December 15, 2010

  It turns out that Jewish women illustrators don't fixate on religion. Instead, they wax funny and philosophical about their families, friends,... More >>

• Art Review: Various: "Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women"

  published December 15, 2010

  It turns out that Jewish women illustrators don't fixate on religion. Instead, they wax funny and philosophical about their families, friends,... More >>

• Art Review: Andy Diaz Hope: "Infinite Mortal"

  published December 15, 2010

  Even if you didn't know that Andy Diaz Hope has two engineering degrees, you might guess he did by looking at his fantastical sculptures.... More >>

• "Exposed": SFMOMA's new show explores photography and voyeurism

  published December 15, 2010

  At the fourth-floor entranceways to "Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870," prominent signs offer a stern warning to... More >>

• Art Review: "Lee Friedlander 1960-2010"

  published November 17, 2010

  Google the words "Lee Friedlander" and "genius," and one of the first things that pops up is a discussion — a yearlong one —... More >>

• Art Review: "Art/Object: Re-Contextualizing African Art"

  published November 17, 2010

  Go to any major U.S. museum with African art and it's likely the exhibit features masks by themselves, behind glass, with a few words about... More >>

• Art Review: "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker"

  published November 17, 2010

  In the spring of 1940, Nazi Commander Hermann Goering walked up the steps of Amsterdam's Goudstikker Gallery and arranged to steal all the... More >>

• Koki Tanaka's prankster video art pulls you in

  published October 20, 2010

  Plastic cups are scattered across the ground at Koki Tanaka's first solo show in the United States. Like bunting at a baseball game or lava... More >>

• Art Review: Wayne Thiebaud: "Figure Drawings" and "Charcoal Still-Lifes 1964-1974"

  published October 20, 2010

  Wayne Thiebaud is rightfully celebrated for his colorful Pop Art-ish paintings, like the one from 1963 of three gumball machines prominently... More >>

• Art Review: Alexis Manheim: "Oh, Golly: New Work"

  published October 20, 2010

  Looking at an Alexis Manheim painting, you want to jump into the canvas. You want to experience the primitive, dreamlike states she paints with... More >>

• Katherine Sherwood: "Healers from the Yelling Clinic"

  published September 15, 2010

  Katherine Sherwood's characters are semi-abstract medical specialists with such names as Neuron Nurse, Mansur Healer, and Dr.... More >>

• David Buckingham: "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful"

  published September 15, 2010

  A power saw. The kind that cuts through old car doors and broken-down hotel signs. That's what David Buckingham uses to extract the metal for... More >>

• Art Review: At "Teen Age" adults help teens expres their angst

  published September 15, 2010

  The teenage years will always be about awkward transitions — dealing with overbearing parents and scholastic expectations (see J.D.... More >>

• Fall Arts: Master painters, iconic photographers, and real geniuses

  published September 1, 2010

  Dave Anderson: "One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds" Sept. 7-Oct. 16 at Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 49 Geary (at... More >>

• "Skeleton in the Closet"

  published August 25, 2010

  Fritz Liedtke offers a counterpoint to popular culture's glorification of Angelina Jolie and her fellow fit-and-skinny vixens: photos of women... More >>

• Garbage gallery: At Recology, turning trash into treasure

  published August 18, 2010

  Sixty years ago, when he was the world's most prosperous and acclaimed visual artist, Pablo Picasso would walk the streets of his French... More >>

• Art Review: Fritz Liedtke: "Skeleton in the Closet"

  published August 18, 2010

  Liedtke offers a counterpoint to popular culture's glorification of Angelina Jolie and her fellow fit-and-skinny vixens: photos of women with... More >>

• Art Review: Various: "Summer Group Show"

  published August 18, 2010

  The best art demands to be scrutinized at length. How often do you see people peruse a heralded piece for a few seconds and then move on? Each... More >>

• At the de Young, a Stunning Work of Recycled Bottle Tops

  published Jul 30, 2010

  The woman sauntered up to the giant wall hanging called Hovor II, inspected its connecting pieces, then sat down on a nearby bench to get a more expansive view. Every five minutes or so, the pattern w... More >>

• Art Review: Various: "Summer Reading"

  published July 21, 2010

  The badly rusted typewriter that sits in the middle of the George Krevsky Gallery belongs to Lawrence Ferlinghetti. At least for now. The... More >>

• Art Review: Eileen David: "Recent Paintings"

  published July 21, 2010

  Through Eileen David's tiny brush strokes, everyday scenes of Potrero Hill, Bernal Heights, Hunters Point (where her studio is), and other San... More >>

• Mika Rottenberg's Squeeze uses real people to imagine unreal worlds

  published July 21, 2010

  Feminist art" is what SFMOMA calls Mika Rottenberg's work. Here's another label: "Chick flicks for thinking men and women." She uses people she... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  At SFMOMA, Donald Fisher's Art Collection Proves Surprisingly Diverse

  published Jun 24, 2010

  During his lifetime, Gap founder Donald Fisher was rightfully heralded as a visionary and an entrepreneur of the highest caliber - someone who turned a single store on San Francisco's outskirts into a... More >>

• Forever de Young: Masterworks from the d'Orsay still evoke strong emotions

  published June 16, 2010

  Nearly every inch of her milky-white flesh is on display in the painting, which is almost 10 feet tall. William-Adolphe Bouguereau's The... More >>

• Art Review: Teo Gonzalez: "New Paintings" at Brian Gross Fine Art

  published June 16, 2010

  The quarter-size ovals that splatter Teo Gonzalez' latest canvases are hypnotic. In turquoise, charcoal, satin red, and other colors, they... More >>